Physiological and pathological roles of protein kinase A in the heart

Y Liu, J Chen, SK Fontes, EN Bautista… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Protein kinase A (PKA) is a central regulator of cardiac performance and morphology.
Myocardial PKA activation is induced by a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, and stress …

StarMap: a user-friendly workflow for Rosetta-driven molecular structure refinement

W Lugmayr, V Kotov, N Goessweiner-Mohr, J Wald… - Nature protocols, 2023 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) data represent density maps of macromolecular
systems at atomic or near-atomic resolution. However, building and refining 3D atomic …

[HTML][HTML] Conformational trajectory of allosteric gating of the human cone photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channel

Z Hu, X Zheng, J Yang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels transduce chemical signals into electrical signals in
sensory receptors and neurons. They are activated by cGMP or cAMP, which bind to the …

[HTML][HTML] Structural mechanisms of gating and selectivity of human rod CNGA1 channel

J Xue, Y Han, W Zeng, Y Wang, Y Jiang - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play an essential role in the signal
transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. Here we reveal the structural …

Structural insights into the mechanisms of CNBD channel function

ZM James, WN Zagotta - Journal of General Physiology, 2018 - rupress.org
Cyclic nucleotide-binding domain (CNBD) channels are a family of ion channels in the
voltage-gated K+ channel superfamily that play crucial roles in many physiological …

The structure of the native CNGA1/CNGB1 CNG channel from bovine retinal rods

DCA Barret, GFX Schertler, UB Kaupp… - Nature Structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
In rod photoreceptors of the retina, the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel is composed
of three CNGA and one CNGB subunits, and it closes in response to light activation to …

Insights into the molecular mechanism for hyperpolarization-dependent activation of HCN channels

GE Flynn, WN Zagotta - Proceedings of the National …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channels are both voltage-
and ligand-activated membrane proteins that contribute to electrical excitability and pace …

Mechanism of ligand activation of a eukaryotic cyclic nucleotide− gated channel

X Zheng, Z Fu, D Su, Y Zhang, M Li, Y Pan… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide–gated (CNG) channels convert cyclic nucleotide (CN) binding and
unbinding into electrical signals in sensory receptors and neurons. The molecular …

Allosteric conformational change of a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel revealed by DEER spectroscopy

EGB Evans, JLW Morgan, F DiMaio… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels are essential components of mammalian visual
and olfactory signal transduction. CNG channels open upon direct binding of cyclic …

[HTML][HTML] An iris diaphragm mechanism to gate a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel

A Marchesi, X Gao, R Adaixo, J Rheinberger… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels are non-selective cation channels key to signal
transduction. The free energy difference of cyclic-nucleotide (cAMP/cGMP) …